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Newspaper
The Beaver Herald
Location
Beaver, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
12
A fragmentary report mentions severe pains and stabbing sensations affecting a resident in Mitt Wis. The text references medical remedies and herbal preparations, including Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, with scattered mentions of individuals and locations.
Free mail order samples tout relief for itching burning rashes eczema and similar skin troubles in babies. The promotion promises quick treatment and urges continued use of Caticura to keep skin clear, promoting a postcard book and astress postcard from Boston and Bold everywhere.
An Indiana Experiment Station piece outlines methods to keep growing colts fed during weaning. Key points include teaching grain feeding before weaning, using a mixture of corn bran and oats, and providing ample hay and high quality alfalfa or cover to prevent growth checks.
A handy device to mark straight crop or garden rows. Made by a farm carpenter using simple tools. A single horse draws it, with three sleds set evenly to mark rows of the desired width.
The guide explains low pruning is preferred for most blackberries but notes variation in bearing among varieties. Some bear near the main stalk while others along laterals. prune after blossom buds form to gauge fruit, with Wilsons Hardy near lateral tips needing close pruning. Eldorado and Minnewaska are listed as good kinds, fall planting advised.
Article notes hens resemble people in needing orderly quarters good meals and regular hours. It also suggests hens are easier to manage than people as they cooperate when given chapos.
A rough sketch describes a litter carrier setup with timber measurements and fastening details. It notes bolts, bracing, a supporting crosspiece, a light log for a ruler, and a centered travel path. mentions a “Cewer Hives” and rolling hulls and a need for reevaluation of lifting and placement.
An efficiency movement in farming promotes a combined pacifier and nurse bottle for calves to replace nursing from the mother. The device uses a nipple and a flexible nipple on a bottle to coax the calf to drink from a pail or bottle, pushing it away from maternal udder feeding. The system requires the calf to extend its head downward to access nourishment.
The article describes heat variety horseradish root cuttings and planting methods. It notes straight top cuts, spring planting, mid-row planting between cabbage with a crowbar, cultivation through season, and a 150 pound per acre nitrate application to speed root growth. It mentions harvesting when roots are large and trimmed with main roots sold commercially.
Sheep require ruminant friendly roughages with alfalfa and clover hay as top options due to palatability and high protein. Carbonaceous roughages like sugar cane or sorghum millet need protein supplements such as cottonseed meal or linseed meal and must stay below ten percent of the diet. Millet, if cut at the right time, can be used but early cuts may reduce quality unless balanced with protein rich roughage or grain roughage plus protein supplement.
Cleuson College Bulletin notes a concrete floor aids tuberculosis testing in cows and improves barn sanitation. It warns against excess fat in dairy cattle and argues concrete moor floors reduce odor and aid manure management, promoting steady herd motion and better exercise.
University of Ullnals figures show 124 farms using purebred bulls at the head of the herd average income 1102 dollars after taxes. On 408 farms with grade bulls the income was 731 dollars and on 59 farms with scrub bulls the income fell to 248 dollars, barely covering interest and owner time.
Spring and early summer are best for ridding lawns of gophers and moles. Poisoned corn bait is made by soaking kernels in a strychnine solution, about one tenth ounce per quart, for 21 hours. Use care to avoid harming germination and keep poison away from children and pets.
An experiment fed whole beets to dairy cows and found a somewhat larger milk and fat yield. When chopped beets were fed the increase likely resulted from more complete utilization and wastage reduction.
A fragmented agricultural note complains milk profits are split among the creamery railroad commission man and retailer, leaving the farmer with a thin share and minimal income.
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